The disappearance of the 24/7 Medical program, implemented by the State government in the 2018-2024 six-year period, affects thousands of families in Eastern municipalities who do not have service at night or on non-working days when the offices remain closed.
The previous state government, headed by PAN member Mauricio Vila Dosal, gradually implemented the program in the 106 municipalities and operated it directly by the Ministry of Social Development.
It was determined that the program would operate in the Health Centers of each municipal seat, and in Health Jurisdiction 2 the service was provided in 24 municipalities.
However, in Valladolid, Enrique Ayora Sosa, mayor of Morena from 2015 to 2018, decided to transfer the service to the community of Tesoco, where a space was set up next to the police station.
In that community, from 7 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon medical care is provided normally at the Health Center, from Monday to Friday, but from 3 in the afternoon to 10 at night, and from that hour at 7 in the morning the next day there is no longer service, the same as on weekends and holidays.
Neighbors of the police station expressed that they previously had service in the evening and at night, but now the office remains closed. This year the doctor stopped going to Tesoco.
A woman stated that since December 31, the doctor stopped coming without anyone reporting anything.
Medicines, instruments, and medical tools were left in the office, including an ultrasound machine they previously used for free.
María Antonia, a resident of the place, said that she experienced firsthand the difficulty of not having the service when her son fell ill in the early morning. He left his house at 2:30 a.m., but there were no taxi drivers available.
Finally, she got a car and went to Valladolid, where he also did not find a doctor and had to wait until dawn for his son to be treated.
He noted that, in addition to his community, some 5,000 families from Tesoco, Tahmuy, Dzodzilchén, Tepakán, Yalcón, Chanic, and Papagayo were left without medical care.
These places came to the office at any time, especially older adults and children, but now the service has disappeared. She commented that they have been informed that the State government plans to send new doctors, but questioned: “Are the diseases going to wait?”
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